Privacy Policy

This is the Privacy Policy for OutOfOfficeDotCom Ltd ("we" or "us"), which operates the website www.outofoffice.com (the "Website"). We are committed to protecting your information and respecting your privacy. When you give us information about you or your business, you are trusting us to store and use that information responsibly. We will do what we can to earn that trust. This Privacy Policy, together with our Terms of Use and any other documents referred to in it, sets out the basis on which any personal data which we collect from you will be processed by us through the Website and any other services or plug-ins exchanging information with us.

By using the Website, you accept that this Privacy Policy applies to you. Please read it carefully. For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we are the 'data controller' and are responsible for this Privacy Policy and the handling of your data. Here are our details:

This happens, e.g., when you fill in an enquiry, create an account, complete online questionnaires, participate in any discussion board or social media function, enter a competition, correspond with us, call us, receive any services, or make any transactions with us. The collection of this data is sometimes automatic.

SPECIAL CATEGORY DATA

As an LGBT travel specialist we do collect and ask our customers for information about their sexual orientation. This data is treated with utmost confidence and is used to help tailor our services to you. At no point are you required to disclose this information if you do not wish to.

We may share your personal data with third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy notice

DATA THIRD PARTIES COLLECT

We may share your data with certain third parties in order to deliver our goods or services to you. We include, below, details on the relevant data collected or shared, the purposes for which such data is collected or shared and the third party providers we use that collect or share such data.

Facebook

Purpose: this service allows us to connect with your account on Facebook, by way of your login or otherwise and allows us to interact with Facebook and show key stats.Data collected: various data from your Facebook account, should you choose to share it with us.Service provider: Facebook, Inc.Place of processing: USAPrivacy policy

Google Analytics

Purpose: this is a web analytics service, which allows us to track the use of the Website, prepare reports on user activity and share them with other Google services.Data collected: usage data, cookiesService provider: Google Inc.Place of processing: USAPrivacy policyOpt-out

Twitter

Purpose: this service allows us to interact with Twitter and show key stats.Data collected: usage data, cookiesService provider: Twitter, Inc.Place of processing: USAPrivacy policy

Tawk.to

Purpose: this service runs our live chat service.Data collected: various, including personal details and email address and sexual orientation if you share this data in a live chat message.Service provider: tawk.to incPlace of processing: USAPrivacy policy

Zoho

Purpose: this service runs our live chat service and allows us to track the use of the Website as well as using customer data for remarketing purposes.Data collected: various, usage data, cookies, including personal details and email address and sexual orientation if you share this data in a live chat message.Service provider: Zoho Corporation Pvt. Ltd.Place of processing: USA / European UnionPrivacy policy

HOW YOUR DATA IS USED

We may use your data for the following purposes:

- Marketing purposes e.g. advertising, commercial affiliation, interacting with social media, remarketing and behavioural targeting, interacting with online survey platforms, public relations, providing information, products and services that you ask for or (with your consent) which we think may interest you, permitting (with your consent) certain third parties to provide information about goods or services that we feel may interest you

- Improving your experience on the Website e.g. interacting with support and feedback platforms, analytics, displaying content from external platforms, content performance and features testing, managing landing pages, heat mapping, traffic optimisation, ensuring that our website content is presented to you in an effective manner, notifying you of any changes to our service, optimising the pages you are directed to

- Keeping in touch with you e.g. contacting you directly, managing contact requests, managing contacts and sending messages, interacting with live chat platforms

COOKIES

We use "cookies" to store and collect information regarding your use of our website. Certain third parties may also use cookies in relation to your use of our Website. You can find out more about our use of cookies in our Cookies Policy.

WHERE WE STORE YOUR DATA

The personal data we collect is processed at our trading addresses, and in any other places where the parties involved with the processing are located.

As part of the services offered to you through our website, the data that we collect from you may be transferred to and stored in countries outside the European Economic Area (the "EEA").

It may also be processed by staff who work outside the EEA who work for us or one of our suppliers, for example in processing your payment details, fulfilling your order, and providing administration and support services.

By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing by us. If we transfer or store your information outside the EEA in this way, we will take steps to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this Privacy Policy.

WHEN WE CAN GIVE YOUR DATA TO THIRD PARTIES

We are allowed to release your information:

to businesses in our corporate group;

business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with you;

to a potential purchaser of us or a business in our corporate group;

to protect against fraud or credit risks; and

as required by law or when we believe that disclosing the information is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others or respond to a request from a governmental body.

We may also share your information with those third parties named in this Privacy Policy and any other advertisers or advertising networks that require the data to select and serve relevant adverts to you and others analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of the Website.

YOUR RIGHTS

You may choose not to provide us with personal data and you may turn off cookies in your browser by changing its settings. If you make these decisions, you may continue to use the website and browse its pages. However, we may not be able to process transactions without personal data.

You can ask us not to use your data for marketing. You can do this by ticking the relevant boxes on our forms, or by contacting us at any time.

You have the right to access information we hold about you. This includes the right to ask us supplementary information about:

the categories of data we’re processing

the purposes of data processing

the categories of third parties to whom the data may be disclosed

how long the data will be stored (or the criteria used to determine that period)

your other rights regarding our use of your data

We will provide you with the information within one month of your request, unless doing so would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other (e.g. another person’s confidentiality or intellectual property rights). We’ll tell you if we can’t meet your request for that reason.

More details concerning the collection or processing of your data may be requested from us at any time.

You have the right to make us correct any inaccurate personal data about you. You have the right to be "forgotten" by us. You can do this by asking us to erase any personal data we hold about you, if it is no longer necessary for us to hold the data for purposes of your use or bookings with OutOfOffice.com.

You have the right to lodge a complaint regarding our use of your data. Please tell us first, so we have a chance to address your concerns. If we fail in this, you can address any complaint to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, either by calling their helpline or as directed on their website at www.ico.org.uk.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

We may show links on our website to the websites of other businesses. This Privacy Policy applies only to the Website and not to any other websites. Each third party website may have privacy policies different from this Privacy Policy and you should comply with these policies.

If you visit other websites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites.

HOW SECURE IS THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT?

We take your privacy seriously and have implemented this Privacy Policy to help keep your personal and financial information secure. We have physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.

To protect your financial information, we use SSL technology to encrypt all payment transactions.

Unfortunately, no data transmission is guaranteed to be 100% secure and we therefore cannot guarantee the security of information you transmit to or from our website or through the use of our services, and you provide this information at your own risk.

The Business cannot be held liable for theft, loss or unauthorised access, interception or damage to your data. You acknowledge that you understand these risks.

Where we have given you a password, you are responsible for keeping such a password confidential. We ask that you do not share any password with anyone.

If you believe your privacy has been breached, please contact us immediately.

MISCELLANEOUS

If you provide us with personal information about other people, or if others give us your information, we will only use that information for the specific reason for which it was provided to us.

We may monitor and record phone conversations or email communications between you and our employees for training and quality assurance purposes.

If we change our Privacy Policy, we will post any changes on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Policy.

Last Updated: 22/05/2018

What next?

To get going, please submit an enquiry below and one of our expert team will get back to you within the next 24 hours to discuss your requirements. All the prices on our website do not include flights, but we can, of course, arrange them for you and include them in your quote.

Remember, there is no booking fee for using our expert team to plan and book your trip.

Privacy PolicyWe ask for your sexual orientation so we can personalise our services and improve your experience with OutOfOffice.com. It is always optional to give us this information. Find out more about how we collect, use and process this information in our privacy policy.